NACCIMA to raise N250m for disaster victims

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) is set to raise N250 million for emergency relief programme for victims of disasters.

The fund raising programme, coming up in Lagos and Abuja, is expected to bring intervention in three areas, which are post-disaster medical services, psychological healing service and business advisory and soft loan for victims of disasters.

Chairman, NACCIMA Emergency Relief Programme, Mr Goodie Ibru, in a statement, said NACCIMA decided to intervene in the three areas because most victims of disasters have psychological trauma as there is little or no immediate and long term psychological healing in terms of counselling.

President of the association, Dr. Herbert Ajayi, said multinational and indigenous corporations should also support the initiative to help poor and weak Nigerians through their social responsibility funds.